Aix-en-Provence TGV or simply Aix TGV (

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: ''Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV'') is a high-speed railway station on the

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located on the municipal border between

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...

and

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. Opened in 2001, the station is served by

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services. It serves the city of Aix-en-Provence, 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of the station, the northernmost parts of

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, some 20 km (12.4 mi) to the south, as well as

Marseille Provence Airport Marseille Provence Airport () is an international airport located 27 km (17 miles) northwest of Marseille, on the territory of Marignane, both '' communes'' of the Bouches-du-Rhône ''département'' in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regi ...

and the town of Vitrolles to the west-southwest.

Train services

From Aix-en-Provence TGV train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris,

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

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and

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. International services operate to Belgium:

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(in summer); Germany:

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; Switzerland:

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; The Netherlands:

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. *High speed services (''

TGV The TGV (; , , 'high-speed train') is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to on the newer lines, the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocke ...

'') Paris - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV'') Paris - Aix-en-Provence - Cannes - Nice *High speed services (''TGV

Ouigo Ouigo () is a low-cost service range of both conventional and high-speed trains run by SNCF in France, and also to Belgium in cooperation with National Railway Company of Belgium, NMBS/SNCB. The literal translation of ''Ouigo'' from French to En ...

'') Marne-la-Vallée - Lyon Saint-Exupéry - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV'') Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV'') Brussels - Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV/ICE'') Frankfurt - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV'') Strasbourg - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV'') Nantes - Angers - Tours - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV'') Rennes - Le Mans - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV Lyria'') Lausanne - Geneva - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille *High speed services (''

Thalys Thalys (French: ) was a brand name used for high-speed rail, high-speed train services between Paris Gare du Nord and both Amsterdam Centraal and German cities in the Rhein-Ruhr, including Aachen, Köln Hauptbahnhof, Cologne, Düsseldorf Hauptba ...

'') Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille (Summer Saturdays) Trains in the direction of Marseille depart from platform 3; those for all other destinations from platform 4. A summer Saturday only service from London, UK also terminated briefly at the station in 2013.

Bus services

The bus service L40 operates on the following routes: *Aix-en-Provence TGV -

at a 15 minute frequency *Aix-en-Provence TGV - Marseille Airport, half hourly Other bus services operate to: *

Digne-les-Bains Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the Franco-Provençal, classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Alpe ...

Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (; ) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Var, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Located east of Aix-en-Provence, the town lies at the foot of the Sainte-Baume mountains. ''Baume'' or ''b ...

and

Le Luc Le Luc (; Provençal: ''Lo Luc''), also known as Le Luc-en-Provence (''Lo Luc de Provença''), is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Le Luc is the seat of its own canton, the larg ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aix-En-Provence Tgv Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV Railway stations in Bouches-du-Rhône Railway stations in France opened in 2001